Rail-joint.



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Paie-nte@ Dec. 7, i909.

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WALLACE P. PERKINS, OF WILLIS' TEXAS.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. a, 1909.

Application iled April 27, 1909. Serial No...492,571.

To all whom tt may concern.'

Be it known that I, XALLAon P. Parrains,

State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in rail joints of that class which do not need bolts or similar fastenings for retaining the rails in alinement.

The object of the invention is to improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character and it consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section through a track showing the improved rail joint in side elevation; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the joint; Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical cross sections taken, respectively, on the planes indicated by the lines 3 3 and 4-4 in Fig. 1; and Figs. 5 and 6 are detail perspective views of the meeting ends of the two track rails.

In the drawings 1 and 2 denote two track rail sections which have their adjacent or abutting ends united by the improvedv joint and which are secured to wooden cross ties T by the usual spikes S. The track rails 1, 2 are of the usual form having vertical Web portions with enlarged heads or balls at their upper edges and oppositely projecting base flanges at their lower edges. The rail section 1 has at its end a ortion of its head removed so that the remaining base portion forms a tenon or tongue 3. Said rail 1. also has its base flangesv recessed or cnt away to provide recesses 4 arran ed at a suitable distance from said end o the rail, as clearly shown in Fig. The other rail section 2 has the web of its adjacent end enlarged or thickened, as shown at 5, so that it is substantially the same width as the head of said rail, and in this enlarged part 5 is formed a vertical channel or mortise 6 to receive the tenon 3. 'lhe rail 2 also has its base flanges recessed at opposite points suitably distant from said end, as shown at 7. The bottom of the mortise 6 is open so that the rail 2 may be readily placed over the tenon 3 of the rail 1 and so that the remaining portions 8 jv oi" the base lianges at the end ot the rail i).

will enter `the recesses 4 in the base flanges of the rail\1\andso that the remaining portions of the base flanges at the end of the rail 1 will enter the recesses 7 in the base lianges 'of the rail 2, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. lVhen the two rails are thus engaged, it will be seen that they will be ettectively interlocked so that one cannot shift longitudinally or transversely with respect to the other. They are prevented from moving vertically by spiking their base flanges to cross ties placed beneath the joint, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4 of the drawings.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention provides an exceedingly simple joint of this character which will effectively hold the railsy in longitudinal alinement without the use of bolts and nuts, {ish-plates and the like and the parts ot which may be readily connected and disconnected and also readily secured to the ordinary wooden cross ties.`

When laying the improved track rails, I

preferably provide every other rail with the l mortised ends and the other rails with the tenon ends By so doing I can reverse the rails after they are worn upon their inner sides. v

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. In a rail joint, the combina-tion of a rail having at one end a tenon formed by removing a portionA of the head from theI web of the rail, said rail also having, adja cent said end, portions of its base flanges removed to provide recesses and a second rail having its web at one end enlarged and mortised to receive the tenen on the other rail, the second rail having portions hot', its` base fianges, at a 'distance from said end, removed to provide recesses, whereby the remaining portions of said base iiangcs may enter the recesses in the/base flanges of the first mentioned rail, and the remaining portions of the base flanges ofth'e first men'- tioned rail may enter said recesses in the base flanges ot' the second mentioned rail to provide an interlocking connection bctween said rails. l

2. In a rail joint,l the combination with cross tios, of a rail having at one end a tenon formed by removing a portion oi the head from the web of the rail, said rail also havino', adjacent said end, portions of its base flanges removed to provide recesses, a

second ruil having its web at one enden-r hngell anni nlorised to receive the tenon on (heI other mi, ,the second nul huvingpoitions of' its bz'lse lunges,` nt n distance 'ro'n smid end, removed io provide reeees, where' env'aved with the base Harmes of the rails 15 n z; i

eet'nn of said ties being disposed beneath thereeessed base Hanges of the rails` and eertuin'f fhe spikes being engaged with the" renminingportions of said base flanges at lhe. ends of the mils, substantially as fie- 20 lacribed. 1

In testimony whereof A I herennt o; jiiiz `inn-yi signntnlje in the presence of two witnesses.

' WALLACE P PERKINS.; 'Y

YitneeSes-z i :y i 'i i i A. H, INQLET, Mrs. C. A..THA1\1Aso/. 

